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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2014 8:35:21 GMT -5
Part of why I love this story is because of the "disembodied heads" theme. I love that kind of thing (also I love disembodied hands and evil ventriloquist dolls). There should be more horror movies about heads. We all know about "The Brain that Wouldn't Die." There's also a German movie called "The Head" that is some creepy, chaotic, goofy fun. But where is the "Citizen Kane" of the "disembodied head" movies? Hasn't the world waited long enough? I love those movies myself, along with their close cousin the living brain movie, of which one has eluded me for years --  The description on Amazon, where I'm too cheap to pay $8.99 for a burned disc (note to self: poke around YouTube for tthis; haven't done so in quite awhile), is as follows -- (1962) Peter Van Eyck, Bernard Lee. The brain of a dead man is kept alive scientifically. It then develops a terrific mental force that allows it to take control of the scientist responsible for keeping it alive. From 16mm.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2014 13:07:13 GMT -5
I don't know how to link with my phone, but that is on YouTube. If you search The Brain 1962 it should be the first result.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2014 15:22:04 GMT -5
Ahhh ... good to know. Thanks!
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 20, 2014 16:04:52 GMT -5
Ahhh ... good to know. Thanks! You better watch it soon! It was such an important case, they had "M" working on it! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2014 9:30:34 GMT -5
There's also this 1961 Mexican effort (title translates as "The Living Head"), but AFAICT the YouTube versions have French subtitles only ... 
There's a two-fer DVD (with The Living Coffin) on Netflix, but it's in their "Unavailable" queue. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 21, 2014 10:51:49 GMT -5
There's also this 1961 Mexican effort (title translates as "The Living Head"), but AFAICT the YouTube versions have French subtitles only ...
There's a two-fer DVD (with The Living Coffin) on Netflix, but it's in their "Unavailable" queue. OMG! There's a Mexican horror movie about an evil head!!! From 1961!
I love Mexican horror movies from this era. Like "La maladicion de la lorona" or "El baron del terror."
I'll have to check this out eventually.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2014 20:57:22 GMT -5
"A Serious House on Serious Earth" Grant Morrison & Dave McKean Arkham Asylum, 1989 I like that artwork |
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Post by Crimebuster on Oct 22, 2014 13:35:03 GMT -5
3. The Darkhold Saga Picking up the pieces from the cancelled Tomb of Dracula series, this proto-event crossed over into several titles. The plot was simple: Dracula wanted to get his hands on the Darkhold, while Dr. Strange, Blade and Hannibal King worked to stop him. Along the way, they were helped by the X-Men, the Avengers and Thor. In the end, it was Dr. Strange who got the Darkhold first, and used it to destroy not just Dracula, but all vampires. As far as horror stories go, it's pretty superhero-y, but the reverse applies as well - as far as superhero stories go, it's got a ton of cool horror elements. And it led to covers like this one, which would probably be enough for me anyway: 
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 13:44:39 GMT -5
Is that Sif?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 22, 2014 13:52:08 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Oct 22, 2014 14:18:17 GMT -5
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 23, 2014 17:44:24 GMT -5
I love that Doc' Strange cover, especially because the artist gave Dracula his mustache.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 23, 2014 19:24:59 GMT -5
I love that Doc' Strange cover, especially because the artist gave Dracula his mustache. Drac stole the Doc's mustache? |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 24, 2014 12:23:04 GMT -5
He stole it back, it's probably why he was pissed at strange in the first place because before him Dracula was the owner of the world's baddest stache.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 14:13:44 GMT -5
He stole it back, it's probably why he was pissed at strange in the first place because before him Dracula was the owner of the world's baddest stache. but then came Shaft sucker and there was no question who had the baddest mother-lovin' 'stache of all....  Shaft baby, game over! -M |
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